Unidentified
provocateurs spread information on internet forums and websites of
Mikashevichy and Luninets and that activists and of the independent
trade union at the “Granite” plant receive money and orders to
discredit the plant from the abroad.

Of course, this attempt
to destroy the authority of the trade union activists can can hardly
be considered as a novelty, as opposition and civil structures have
got used to such flinging of mud during the long years of their
existence. Such provocations are aimed at gullible people and are
used to undermine their confidence in the democratic structures,
including the unit of the independent trade union at “Granite”
Thanks to the activism of the trade union unit, the wages at the
plant were increased to 8-10 million rubles. However, according to
the head of the unit, Ales Stakhayevich, these are just temporary
improvements, as far as they are not stated in the collective labor
agreement. At the same time, the official trade union is not
interested in exercising control over the implementation of the labor
agreement.

At present the activists of the independent trade
union are getting ready to the continuation of the court proceedings
concerning the dismissal of one of the members of the trade union,
Leanid Dubanosau. The trial started back in July. The next hearing
was scheduled for 10 September.